Introduction
The Urban Developer Plugin to Source allows the Source user to build an Urban Developer scenario. This section of the documentation will describe how to set up the components represented in Figure 1. and the interactions between these components.
Figure 1. Overview of the components of an Urban Developer scenario
Urban Developer represents urban demand by simulating individual end-uses at the household level. Currently represented end-uses include:
- outdoor/variable;
- shower;
- washing machine;
- toilets and
- indoor hand taps and dishwashers
End-uses such as baths and leaks are not modelled explicitly, but can be lumped with the outdoor/variable end-use. Separating demand into individual end-uses provides the user with the flexibility to apply different supply sources for each of the types of end-use.
The urban demand is represented by a Water Use node (Figure 2). Urban Developer offers two methods for simulating the water use at a water use node, either as:
- an Average daily model, or
- a Behavioural model
Supply can be supplemented by water from a Tank attached to a Roof, represented as two further nodes which can be configured.
Figure 2 Urban scenario water use nodes
Contents
References
Thyer, M. A., Duncan, H., Coombes, P., Kuczera, G., & Micevski, T. (2009). A probabilistic behavioural approach for the dynamic modelling of indoor household water use. In H2009: 32nd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium: Adapting to Change, 30 November - 3 December 2009, Newcastle, Australia (p. 1059).
Acknowledgements
This material has been adapted from:
eWater Cooperative Research Centre (2011) Urban Developer User Guide: Urban Developer v1.0.0, eWater Cooperative Research Centre, Canberra, 29 June 2011. ISBN 978-1-921543-40-1